{"id":55163,"date":"2026-08-22T16:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55163"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:58:32","slug":"busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/22\/busted\/","title":{"rendered":"Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Gritty Garage-Rock Guitar, Thick Bass, Snappy Drums, Hammond Organ and Worn-Out Tape Synth]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nBusted&#8230;<br \/>\n(Suggested)<br \/>\nNot finished.<\/p>\n<p>Not forgotten.<br \/>\n(Not rotten)<br \/>\nJust&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A little worse for wear.<br \/>\n(Right around there)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCracked paint<br \/>\nRusty frame<br \/>\nStill remembers<br \/>\nWhy it came<\/p>\n<p>Bent wheel<br \/>\nLoose screw<br \/>\nStill got something<br \/>\nLeft to do<\/p>\n<p>Years go by<br \/>\nThings get old<br \/>\nStories fade<br \/>\nBut hearts stay bold<\/p>\n<p>You can wear<br \/>\nThe battle scars<br \/>\nStill keep reaching<br \/>\nFor the stars<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nBusted<br \/>\n(But not broken)<br \/>\nRusted<br \/>\n(But still stokin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nBusted!<br \/>\n(Busted!)<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m still alive<\/p>\n<p>Rusted!<br \/>\n(Rusted!)<br \/>\nStill got a drive<\/p>\n<p>Busted!<br \/>\n(Busted!)<br \/>\nNot broken!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nKeep those dreams<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t delay<br \/>\nChange the scenes<br \/>\nHave a say<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Raw Blues-Rock Lead, Fuzz, Wah-Wah, Hammond Organ, Driving Bass and Live Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nBusted doesn&#8217;t mean<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve lost<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s more the cost)<br \/>\nOf obscene&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<br \/>\nBusted<br \/>\n(Still moving)<br \/>\nRusted<br \/>\n(Still grooving)<\/p>\n<p>Busted<br \/>\n(But not broken)<br \/>\nTrusted<br \/>\n(Keep on stokin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Sparse Piano]<br \/>\nBusted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But not broken.<\/p>\n<p>Rusted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But still stokin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>[Whispered]<br \/>\nStill tokin&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nBusted<br \/>\n(But not broken)<br \/>\nTrusted<br \/>\n(Keep on stokin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nBusted!<br \/>\n(Busted!)<br \/>\nStill alive<\/p>\n<p>Rusted!<br \/>\n(Rusted!)<br \/>\nStill got drive<\/p>\n<p>Bent!<br \/>\n(Bent!)<br \/>\nScars!<br \/>\n(Upon scars)<\/p>\n<p>Still reaching<br \/>\nFor the stars<\/p>\n<p>Busted!<br \/>\n(Busted!)<br \/>\nBut not broken!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Distorted Guitar Riff, Bass, Drums and Hammond Organ; Gradual Tape-Stop Effect]<br \/>\nBusted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Rusted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Still stokin&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n<p>Not broken.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Robust\/\">Robust<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Gritty Garage-Rock Guitar, Thick Bass, Snappy Drums, Hammond Organ and Worn-Out Tape Synth] [Spoken Vocal] Busted&#8230; (Suggested) Not finished. Not forgotten. (Not rotten) Just&#8230; A little worse for wear. (Right around there) [Verse 1] Cracked paint Rusty frame Still remembers Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55164,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55163\/revisions\/55164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}